I love your work so much, I'm a 16 yr old girl and I just feel like you really understand how I see the world. I feel so seen everytime I read your posts or watch your videos. I've never felt a such a comforting connection before. You have a great way of expression through words.
The way this made me tear up. I’m honestly so glad to hear that. I write a lot of my content with my teenage self in mind, and what I wish I could have heard back then. So it really means a lot when teen girls feel seen by my work💖
I am 16 too and feel the same way you are really able to connect with your audience with your and communicate your thoughts and opinions with such nuance. The topics you discuss are so in interesting and thought provoking.
I found your channel about a month ago and I am in total awe of your voice and your intelligence when dissecting film and media. I admire your work a lot, and I’m also (in the least toxic way possible) very jealous of how articulated and smart you are. I would love to learn more about where you get your essay references from and how you source them, I would love to expose myself to such interesting content more often, I just don’t know how or where to find it. So if you have any tips I would very much appreciate it. Keep doing what you’re doing! 🩷✨
Sorry I am only just seeing this comment now! Thank you so much for your kind words! I deal with such intense bouts of imposter syndrome so it really is lovely to receive such kind comments.
I don’t have a particular strategy for sourcing the books and essays I reference, it often depends on the piece. I pay attention to what other essayists cite, or mention and try and read the works they recommend if it seems relevant. If I see a screenshot of an interesting quote on Pinterest or Tumblr I try and find the source, if it’s a book or essay I’ll read it in full. I also have a Pinterest folder of quotes from essays/books that I find interesting and sometimes refer back to that board when I’m writing an essay in case there is a relevant quote. Additionally I will sometimes just search the topic I’m writing about into Google scholar and will typically find essays on the topic.
Lately I’ve been searching “best essay collections” into Google because I’m hungry for some good ones right now and running low on material haha. I will also search for feminist film theory books or just film theory books in general.
I’ve been binging Susan Sontag’s material as she is brilliant so she is a great place to start! John Berger is someone who I always cite as well. I just finished reading Black Looks by bell hooks which was an incredible essay collection, and I am currently reading The Monstrous Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis by Barbara Creed
I feel like someone could easily take the plot of the Idol, modify it to make it about how 🤔 both could be creepy, fuckup, manipulative but keep the suspend on who's really in charge.
I graduated film school and this is something I’ve had to shout to my classmates and teachers, always to no avail, and it drives me insane. Made me lose hope in film for quite some time, so thank you for this piece ❤️
This was very very well written. I’m sure every girl and woman is sick and tired of seeing it. And it’s not ‘cinema’ creating it, it’s men.
Female directors and writers would not fetishise a woman in pain - I am so so sick of male writers just writing their sexual fantasies, perpetuating it all even more. Don’t get me started on The Idol - LOL The Weeknd thinking he was creating art… it’s all been done before time and time again - just a vomit of the same old male writers fantasy, unimaginative and far from ground breaking.
And Blonde.. they had one chance to make something about the real Marilyn Monroe and yet again they chose just to focus on her being vulnerable and abused, and of course they had to get her naked - how disappointing.
We need more female writers to write REAL women’s stories, only then will we see things change.
I love your work so much, I'm a 16 yr old girl and I just feel like you really understand how I see the world. I feel so seen everytime I read your posts or watch your videos. I've never felt a such a comforting connection before. You have a great way of expression through words.
The way this made me tear up. I’m honestly so glad to hear that. I write a lot of my content with my teenage self in mind, and what I wish I could have heard back then. So it really means a lot when teen girls feel seen by my work💖
I am 16 too and feel the same way you are really able to connect with your audience with your and communicate your thoughts and opinions with such nuance. The topics you discuss are so in interesting and thought provoking.
Ps love your YouTube videos 🤍
I’m so glad you feel that way!! Thank you for supporting ☺️
I found your channel about a month ago and I am in total awe of your voice and your intelligence when dissecting film and media. I admire your work a lot, and I’m also (in the least toxic way possible) very jealous of how articulated and smart you are. I would love to learn more about where you get your essay references from and how you source them, I would love to expose myself to such interesting content more often, I just don’t know how or where to find it. So if you have any tips I would very much appreciate it. Keep doing what you’re doing! 🩷✨
Sorry I am only just seeing this comment now! Thank you so much for your kind words! I deal with such intense bouts of imposter syndrome so it really is lovely to receive such kind comments.
I don’t have a particular strategy for sourcing the books and essays I reference, it often depends on the piece. I pay attention to what other essayists cite, or mention and try and read the works they recommend if it seems relevant. If I see a screenshot of an interesting quote on Pinterest or Tumblr I try and find the source, if it’s a book or essay I’ll read it in full. I also have a Pinterest folder of quotes from essays/books that I find interesting and sometimes refer back to that board when I’m writing an essay in case there is a relevant quote. Additionally I will sometimes just search the topic I’m writing about into Google scholar and will typically find essays on the topic.
Lately I’ve been searching “best essay collections” into Google because I’m hungry for some good ones right now and running low on material haha. I will also search for feminist film theory books or just film theory books in general.
I’ve been binging Susan Sontag’s material as she is brilliant so she is a great place to start! John Berger is someone who I always cite as well. I just finished reading Black Looks by bell hooks which was an incredible essay collection, and I am currently reading The Monstrous Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis by Barbara Creed
Thank you so much!! I really appreciate your reply 🥰🥰
I feel like someone could easily take the plot of the Idol, modify it to make it about how 🤔 both could be creepy, fuckup, manipulative but keep the suspend on who's really in charge.
Instead of what we got..
I graduated film school and this is something I’ve had to shout to my classmates and teachers, always to no avail, and it drives me insane. Made me lose hope in film for quite some time, so thank you for this piece ❤️
Anyone who appreciated this article, I suggest you read this seemingly unconnected one that I just finished:
https://open.substack.com/pub/femfederation/p/an-argument-against-the-female-nude-40c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5b5enp
The natural progression of our female display within modern society is both fascinating and sad.
This was very very well written. I’m sure every girl and woman is sick and tired of seeing it. And it’s not ‘cinema’ creating it, it’s men.
Female directors and writers would not fetishise a woman in pain - I am so so sick of male writers just writing their sexual fantasies, perpetuating it all even more. Don’t get me started on The Idol - LOL The Weeknd thinking he was creating art… it’s all been done before time and time again - just a vomit of the same old male writers fantasy, unimaginative and far from ground breaking.
And Blonde.. they had one chance to make something about the real Marilyn Monroe and yet again they chose just to focus on her being vulnerable and abused, and of course they had to get her naked - how disappointing.
We need more female writers to write REAL women’s stories, only then will we see things change.
ooh the algy knows me, i wrote a similar piece about suffering the right way as a woman in media just the other day! love this!